Kelowna’s vulnerable want to shelter from heat wave, but bylaw requires they move
A city bylaw requires that residents who call the Rail Trail ‘tent city’ home dismantle their tents and shelter each morning before 9 a.m.
One resident had a seizure, shortly after 12 p.m. on July 25, triggered in-part by dehydration and the heat. Some expressed their frustration to Capital News about having to pack and unpack their belongings each day. Many people have to tow shopping carts full of their things over a kilometre away, a difficult task exaggerated by the extreme heat.has been allowed to set up a day use site 500 metres from the overnight encampment where they offer water, food and social support.
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